Oda campaign

**NodachiSam** · 09-09-2005, 06:29

Thanks for the responses! The school year has started for me again so I've been pretty busy. It takes a long time to do these and I will try to skip less crucial parts in the future of this campaign.

I'm glad you like the screen shots. :) I'll offer alliances to both Hojo and Uesugi. I've sent two diplomats east but ninjas keep getting to them. Hopefully my messangers will make it out of my own lands this time, yeesh. My lands are pretty lawless apparently. Thanks for the advice.

Yea I hope to take over Takeda's lands soon. His forces in Kaga pose a large problem. My shinobi are doing their jobs :D though it doesn't seem to have a large effect. I am thinking about sending 4 shinobi through his lands to Aki or is it Kii and spring up some rebels and optomistically cause him to lose his capital.

This was the only battle I've logged since last time. I invaded Suruga, and Echizen with under 100 men and Takeda fled both provinces (a high star general popped up in Echizen but sadly decided to flee to his troops.) This battle for Hida was a bittersweat victory. I did get the province and I kill more men than lost but considering the just the numbers we did fairly equally which is good since I was feeling very uneasy about the outcome of this battle once I got on the battlefield. My army probably was much cheaper than his though.

I looked in the battle log and this force I fought had two full units of sam archers 1hon and 2hon, 28 yari cav about 3 avg hon (contained general) and 31 cav archers (who all escaped

) Not having any spear infantry would definately be this guys weakness but I was still pretty worried when I saw what my ashis were up against. You probably are thinking I should invest in horses, hehe.

Get your mittens on the battle begins!

I don't know how I would have faired under these circumstances were I defending but I probably would have put all my men on the other side of that cliff on the hill. Through most of this battle I had higher ground.

The takeda general began to charge his men but I moved on a hill and he changed his mind.

I planned to send two ashis up the hill and hit the flank of these archers from uphill while my other men would hit their fronts. The archers picked my yari unit but I think the general would've been a better choice. The yari calvary general, seeing the exposed flank and hind corner of my ashis decided to march uphill to try to show those stupid farmers who is boss. Which perhaps was his best move considering he faced an army of spears. My men greeted him with a firm hug- of death! Bwahahaha

My general and another unit took on the archers. Only one yari cav unit made it off the battlefield that day but not their general!

The enemy routed shortly after the death of its general. A bitter sweat victory.

Mino, Mikawa, Omi, Ise and Owari all are unit producing and I've gathered a small force instead of sending them to their nearby front provinces. I'm going to try to take Kaga, they have a number of horses and will probably have two units of monks by the time my army gets there.

I am considering sending all the units in Hida and Echizen to fight but I am concerned the Uesugi might take the opportunity to attack Hida and Shinano. I've never really left a border province unguarded before, I would restock it if I have a siege going in Kaga.

Mori is a great concern. Do they start with a famous smith or something?? Soon my shinobi plan to travel to Aki to find out.

This is what the map looks like right now. Mori has to guard 8 provinces and I've noted and he is probably stronger than Shimazu by now considering their domain. The last time I checked all three of us southern clans are allied.

**Drisos** · 09-09-2005, 10:18

Originally Posted by NodachiSam

I'm glad you like the screen shots. :) I'll offer alliances to both Hojo and Uesugi. I've sent two diplomats east but ninjas keep getting to them. Hopefully my messangers will make it out of my own lands this time, yeesh.

I you have time and money, get yourself some border forts.

Yea I hope to take over Takeda's lands soon. His forces in Kaga pose a large problem. My shinobi are doing their jobs :D though it doesn't seem to have a large effect. I am thinking about sending 4 shinobi through his lands to Aki or is it Kii and spring up some rebels and optomistically cause him to lose his capital.

small chance of rebellion in a region with such a big army... when you get you mino forces to echigo and spy a bit victory over kaga should be an easy job. (also for the non balanced armies of takeda

Nice tactiks in that battle. good postion and well finished.

not a surprise to see you win

The yari calvary general, seeing the exposed flank and hind corner of my ashis decided to march uphill to try to show those stupid farmers who is boss.

haha

your own ashi's are farmers too

This is what the map looks like right now. Mori has to guard 8 provinces and I've noted and he is probably stronger than Shimazu by now considering their domain. The last time I checked all three of us southern clans are allied.

strong clans: oda mori and uesugi.
weak clans: shimazu takeda and hojo.

in this situation I think you should wait a sec getting in war with more then one of the strong clans. maybe start attacking the mori, and concentrate a bit more on your economy. (maybe less shinobi, more better fields)

**p_nutter** · 09-09-2005, 19:19

If you have time and money, get yourself some border forts.

Hmm.. Shinobi are cheaper, gain honour, and have legs.
Enemy ninjas can be really annoying sometimes. I once had an emissary assassinated on the same turn he was built! A really rude cheat by the AI.

I like to use emissaries as ninja bait: Put an emissary and some shinobi on one of your border provinces (so the enemy can see them) and watch the shinobis' honour go up as they catch ninjas.

Nice job with the ashigarus, NodachiSam. Your peasants with pointy sticks showed those expensive professional soldiers who is the boss.

It was very nice of Takeda to deal with the monks in Kaga for you. Attacking it seems like a good move, since Takeda's nasty cavalry isn't so useful in the forests and hills.

Mori's cavalry is even worse! He has gold shielded heavy cav, and silver shielded naginata cav.

He might start building gold shielded monks too. Send more shinobi to keep him busy, and be ready for him if he attacks. I'm surprised he hasn't attacked you already - Mori rarely keeps his alliances.

**Drisos** · 09-10-2005, 08:12

Originally Posted by p_nutter

Hmm.. Shinobi are cheaper, gain honour, and have legs.

That's true m8. But in the campaigns I've played (not really very much) border forts seemed to do better then shinobi, probably because they didn't have much honour. another problem for me was that I didn't want to train them all the time, because then I couldn't train other units. (because I need shinobi in every port region, and every border region + I mostly used some as spy's too.) that they have legs is indeed a pro to train them. (and I've used shinobi often too) Well NoDachiSam you'll see for yourself which suits better in this situation... slow-conquering campaigns I prefer the forts.. but you're not being slow

**NodachiSam** · 10-01-2005, 02:14

Thanks for your responses! I haven't updated because I've been very busy with school starting and I keep getting into terrible situations when I continue playing, hehe. I'll try to get back to it. I'm spread a little too thin I think and I'm outclassed by the enemies armies so its been hard.